evergreen
See also: Evergreen
English
Adjective
evergreen (not comparable)
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
- ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves.
- Synonym: sempervirent
- 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
- Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
- (contracts) A clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
- (computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a dataset, being continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
- 2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press ISBN 9781593275808, page 257
- Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference.
- 2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press ISBN 9781593275808, page 257
- (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
- 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)
- Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.
- 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)
Antonyms
- (of plants, that do not shed their leaves): deciduous
Derived terms
- evergreenness
- evergreen oak
- half-evergreen
- semi-evergreen, semievergreen
Translations
of plants, that do not shed their leaves
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Noun
evergreen (plural evergreens)
- A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
- 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Alice or The Mysteries: […] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], OCLC 2844716, book I, page 3:
- The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving Spring; […]
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- (informal, specifically) A conifer tree.
- 1858: Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
- The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions.
- 1958: Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
- Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
- Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
- There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
- Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
- 1858: Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
- (colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
Derived terms
Translations
tree or shrub
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Verb
evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeʋørɡriːn/, [ˈe̞ʋø̞rɡriːn]
Declension
Inflection of evergreen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | evergreen | evergreenit | |
genitive | evergreenin | evergreenien | |
partitive | evergreeniä | evergreenejä | |
illative | evergreeniin | evergreeneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | evergreen | evergreenit | |
accusative | nom. | evergreen | evergreenit |
gen. | evergreenin | ||
genitive | evergreenin | evergreenien | |
partitive | evergreeniä | evergreenejä | |
inessive | evergreenissä | evergreeneissä | |
elative | evergreenistä | evergreeneistä | |
illative | evergreeniin | evergreeneihin | |
adessive | evergreenillä | evergreeneillä | |
ablative | evergreeniltä | evergreeneiltä | |
allative | evergreenille | evergreeneille | |
essive | evergreeninä | evergreeneinä | |
translative | evergreeniksi | evergreeneiksi | |
instructive | — | evergreenein | |
abessive | evergreenittä | evergreeneittä | |
comitative | — | evergreeneineen |
Italian
Swedish
Declension
Declension of evergreen | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | evergreen | evergreenen | evergreener | evergreenerna |
Genitive | evergreens | evergreenens | evergreeners | evergreenernas |
Synonyms
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